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This role is essential for coordinating releases and deployments across all Development and Infrastructure teams, maintaining a unified schedule of deployments. The Release Coordinator will complete daily deployment operations, ensuring that all activities are executed on schedule and within compliance with established standards\nWhat you'll do\nCoordinate and execute the daily deployment process, ensuring timely and efficient rollouts.\nCollaborate with multiple Release Managers, Product Owners, DevOps Infrastructure subject matter experts, and Software Engineers to facilitate deployment activities.\nIdentify and manage exceptions and deviations from the deployment process, ensuring effective resolution.\nCommunicate updates regarding new and changed policies related to deployment procedures. 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A place where everyone matters and feels included.\nWe are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting internally and externally.\nPlease take note that by responding to this application and providing your personal information, you confirm your express and informed consent for Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd and all its subsidiaries and affiliates companies to process your personal information for the Company to consider your application for this position. All Personal Information which you provide to the Company will be used and/or retained only for the purposes for which it is collected, whereafter it will be permanently destroyed. Your information is only retained if it is required by law or where you have given consent to us to retain such information for an extended period.\nIf you don’t hear from us within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful. 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